BALTIMORE — Atlanta-based rapper Jeezy would have missed his Baltimore concert at The Lyric if not for an Uber driver willing to drive him 10 hours to Charm City.

According to an Instagram post, Jeezy woke up before his Baltimore show on Aug. 1 to find that all flights to Baltimore and D.C. had been canceled due to weather.

His team arranged for a driver to take him to the show, but two hours into the trip, the driver hit an object on the highway in South Carolina, causing his gas tank to leak and forcing him to pull over at a nearby gas station.

Running out of options, Jeezy said he tried to arrange a jet from South Carolina to Baltimore but still wasn’t sure if he would make it on time, since the cancellations were still in effect.

After an Uber driver, 28-year-old Tanner Donahoo, picked him up from the gas station to take him to the airport, Jeezy turned to the driver and asked how much he would charge to drive him to Baltimore, assuring him he would pay whatever the price was.

“Like [a] real one, he didn’t hesitate and just kept driving,” wrote Jeezy. “Ten hours later, we arrived in Baltimore just 10 minutes before showtime!”

Donahoo, who said he has been working as an Uber driver for around five years, told The Baltimore Sun that the 10-hour drive to Baltimore was the first ride he accepted on his shift that day.

While he wouldn’t disclose how much Jeezy paid him for the ride, he said the rapper “took care” of him. This included a backstage pass to the show, free merchandise and a paid-for stay at a hotel with the rest of his touring crew.

Jeezy even shared the story with the crowd at The Lyric, bringing Donahoo onstage, where he was met with cheers from the crowd.

“At one point, I could Google my name and a picture of me and Jeezy would pop up,” said Donahoo. “It was kind of sick!”

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